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PERRY v. SULLIVAN

No. 99-2508.

207 F.3d 379 (2000)

Rixson Merle PERRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John SULLIVAN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 14, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Lohmeier (argued), Arlington Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jeffrey E. Kehl (argued), Yelton & Kehl, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KANNE, ROVNER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Two years and a month after a traffic accident that caused the plaintiff, Rixson Perry, to incur some legal difficulty, he filed a one-count lawsuit claiming that a false arrest violated his civil rights. The statute of limitations for such claims requires the complaint to be filed within two years, and the defendant, Police Officer John Sullivan, eventually moved for dismissal on that ground. We say "eventually" because the motion to dismiss...

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